Group Financial Highlights

Business Development and Earnings
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Order intake   € m 2,156.6 2,265.3 2,303.5 2,453.8 2,143.4
Sales revenue  € m 2,165.7 2,205.0 2,245.9 2,383.2 2,207.9
Orders on hand   € m 1,200.6 1,260.8 1,353.9 1,409.3 1,288.5
Earnings before finance income /
expense, income tax, depreciation
and amortisation (EBITDA)  € m
162.6 186.9 179.2 195.5 170.1
Earnings before finance income / expense
and income tax (EBIT)  € m
90.0* 116.4* 74.7 113.6 70.2
Earnings before income tax (EBT)  € m 74.6 104.2 65.6 103.4 61.6
Earnings after income tax  € m 47.8 52.1 23.9 58.5 4.4
Free cash flow
(cash flows from operating ­activities
+ cash flows from investing activities)  € m
20.5 112.5 -29.1 70.9 111.6
           
Balance sheet
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Balance sheet total  € m 2,350.2 2,253.4 2,242.2 2,327.0 2,140.0
Capital expenditure  € m 82.2 101.9 79.6 107.0 97.6
Depreciation and amortisation  € m 72.6 70.6 104.5 81.9 99.9
Net financial position  € m 259.5 288.0 255.0 246.3** 304.8
Equity (incl. non-controlling interests) ­ ­€ m
890.3 885.4 856.8 862.6 703.8
Equity ratio
(incl. non-controlling interests)%
37.9 39.3 38.2 37.1 32.9
           
Profitability
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
EBT margin
(sales revenue in relation to EBT)  %
3.5 4.7 2.9 4.3 2.8
EBIT margin
(sales revenue in relation to EBIT)  %
4.2 5.3 3.3 4.8 3.2
           
Employees
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Number of employees at 31 Dec. 15,572 15,455 15,482# 15,645 15,076
           
Shares
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Market capitalisation at 31 Dec.  € m 637.7 884.4 491.3 536.1 441.9
Earnings per ordinary share (EPS)  € 18.68 21.10 6.26 24.47 –5.63
Earnings per preference share (EPS)  € 18.94 21.36 6.64 24.73 -5,37
Dividend per ordinary no-par-value share  € 5.50 7.50 3.00 8.50 4.00
Dividend per preference no-par-value share  € 5.76 7.76 3.38 8.76 4.26

* Restated retrospectively due to new definition of EBIT as earnings before finance income / expense and income tax (previously earnings before interest and income tax)
** 2019 amount includes lease liabilities of € 47.1 million from the first-time adoption of IFRS 16.
# New definition of employee counting method in 2019 (2018 figures restated retrospectively; previous years are presented without adjustments)
Further information is provided in the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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